Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been working well recently and looks sure to take all the beating in an uncompetitive contest . |
| 2 | Sir Leon Brittan tells a famous story of how the Chancellor once raised interest rates half an hour after the Bundesbank , and uses this to illustrate that ‘ British sovereignty lasted for 30 minutes ’ . |
| 3 | But in fact they were so ill prepared that they lost their naval base of Minorca and seemed unable to organize any effective counter-measures . |
| 4 | Minton , meanwhile , became more and more extrovert and seemed determined to break all the rules . |
| 5 | But eventually they come to accept the situation and seem able to live each day more perfectly and more beautifully than the rest of us are able to do . |
| 6 | The National Audit Office is investigating the inspectorate 's efficiency , while the National Society for Clean Air said recent restructuring had ‘ resulted in confusion and disaffection and seems unlikely to achieve any improvement in pollution control ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ From the way both drivers got out from their vehicles and looked ready to tear each other apart , I doubt it , ’ Ven answered , and halted at her bedroom door . |
| 8 | After the surgery Donal had speech therapy and felt able to do some work . |
| 9 | Although the jury heard eight hours of videotaped testimony by Reagan [ see p. 37241 ] , the former President was often confused and vague about operational details and did little to shed any further light on his involvement in the affair . |
| 10 | In the fast passages the choir sang as one voice and did much to render some mannered readings of appoggiaturas and dynamics thrilling . |